April
Big Saturday
Sat 9 April / 11am-4pm
Planet youth
Our Youth Board is taking over this Big Saturday. See below for what they have planned.
11am-4pm: Seed sowing
Plant your own seeds, take them home and watch them grow.
Drop-in, free, all ages
11am-4pm: Craft activities
Colouring in activities and decorate your own pot to plant a seed.
Drop-in, free, all ages
11am-4pm: Object handling
Live animals, fossils, rocks and minerals and coins. Learn about young people from history and collecting.
Drop-in, free, all ages
11am-4pm: Family word trail
Explore the Museum with our family friendly word trail.
Drop-in, free, all ages, collect your trail at Information Desk, Floor G
11am-4pm: Recipe swap
Swap your recipes and take home some of ours. Take a look at the Youth Food Manchester blog for a taster.
Drop-in, free, all ages
11am-4pm: Time capsule
Hopes of a future and memories of the past will be preserved forever in our time capsule.
Drop-in, free, all ages
1-2pm: Debate: Can eating meat ever be as sustainable as vegetarianism?
3-4pm: Debate: Is exploration of space truly important to our development?
Drop-in, free, 12+
11am-12pm: Magic Carpet
Book on the day, 5+ and families or carers
Easter holidays
Mon 18-Thurs 21 & Tues 26-Fri 29 Apr / 11am-4pm
Chinese food, play and writing
Make jam tarts (which were used in China as a feast for the soul in the afterlife), shadow puppets and learn some simple Chinese characters. Part of our CHINA: JOURNEY TO THE EAST exhibition.
Most activities are free and drop-in. Some activities may need to be booked on the day and may cost up to £1.50. All ages
Magic Carpet
Fri 29 Apr / 11am-12pm
Dinosaurs
Join in the dinosaurumpus with T.rex, stegosaurus and triceratops at this storytelling and activity session for under 5s.
Book on 0161 275 2648 (from 22 Apr), £1 per child, under 5s and their families/carers
